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The Tory leader met the Scottish First Minister to “briefly” discuss a second independence referendum ahead of triggering Article 50.

The Prime Minister is thought to have dominated the conversation by discussing the triggering of the Brexit process and a policing exercise – and did not allow Mrs Sturgeon to get a word in edgeways when it came to a Scottish vote for independence.

PM and Sturgeon feign smiles as they go to battle over referendum

Wed, April 5, 2017

British Prime Minister Theresa May met Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Glasgow, following the announcement that Scotland is to hold a second Independence Referendum

British Prime Minister Theresa May meets Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Glasgow, following the announcement that Scotland is to hold a second Independence Referendum

Sturgeon stunned May when she announced her plans for a fresh independence vote some time between autumn 2018 and spring 2019, claiming her requests for a different Brexit deal for Scotland to the rest of the UK had been ignored by the Prime Minister.

The original Holyrood debate was suspended following the Westminster terror attack as the presiding officer Ken Macintosh, the Scottish version of John Bercow, claimed the incident was affecting the contributions of MSPs.

People of Scotland don’t want this

Ruth Davidson

Macintosh said that was “an expression of our support for our sister Parliament” in London.